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| Released | July 29, 1997 | |||
| Recorded | 1996–1997 | |||
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| Length | 76:23 | |||
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Official Live: 101 Proof is a live album by American heavy metal band Pantera, released on July 29, 1997.
The first 14 tracks are live recordings of songs from previously released studio albums, starting with Cowboys from Hell . The last two songs ("Where You Come From" and "I Can't Hide") are new studio recordings.
Drummer Vinnie Paul stated:
"We recorded the new material during a break in our tour. We recorded them in 12 days. It was a great feeling to get back in the studio again. Especially when we knew the songs were going to go on an album that is so important for us and our fans. We felt like after 7 years of playing live, that we wanted to put out a record with all our best tunes. Songs that have our own TLC instead of all that foolishness that happens when a band puts out a greatest hits album or some overdubbed live album." [1]
The track "Dom/Hollow" is an amalgamation of parts of "Domination" (originally from Cowboys from Hell) and "Hollow" (originally from Vulgar Display of Power ). The band played "Domination" leading into "Hollow" virtually every time they played either song live.[ citation needed ]
The track "Hostile" is simply a live version of "Fucking Hostile" (from Vulgar Display of Power) with a shortened title.
During the song "Becoming", the band would end the song with the outro of "Throes of Rejection" from their album Far Beyond Driven . Likewise, the band ended "I'm Broken" with the outro of "By Demons Be Driven" from the album Vulgar Display of Power.
Official footage exists of the live portion that was meant for the next home video that has yet to come out.
The album cover is a visual reference to the "Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey" bottle label, with "101 Proof" referring to alcohol content the same as that of "Wild Turkey Bourbon" and "No. 5" again referring to the brand (like Jack Daniel's Old No. 7 brand), and the fact that the band considered this their fifth "official" release (starting with Cowboys from Hell and not counting their four earlier independent albums).
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Chicago Tribune |  [3] |
| Chronicles of Chaos | (3/10) [4] |
| Rolling Stone | [5] |
Official Live: 101 Proof reached number 15 on the Billboard 200 chart with the album receiving solid reviews, and stayed on the chart up to 12 weeks.
All tracks are written by Pantera
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "A New Level" (listed as "New Level") | 4:24 |
| 2. | "Walk" | 5:50 |
| 3. | "Becoming" | 3:59 |
| 4. | "5 Minutes Alone" | 5:36 |
| 5. | "Sandblasted Skin" | 4:29 |
| 6. | "Suicide Note Pt. 2" | 4:20 |
| 7. | "War Nerve" | 5:21 |
| 8. | "Strength Beyond Strength" | 3:37 |
| 9. | "Dom/Hollow" | 3:43 |
| 10. | "This Love" | 6:57 |
| 11. | "I'm Broken" | 4:27 |
| 12. | "Cowboys from Hell" | 4:35 |
| 13. | "Cemetery Gates" | 7:53 |
| 14. | "Fucking Hostile" (listed as "Hostile") | 3:56 |
| 15. | "Where You Come From" (studio recording) | 5:11 |
| 16. | "I Can't Hide" (studio recording) | 2:16 |
| Total length: | 76:23 | |
| Chart (1997) | Peak position |
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| Australian Albums (ARIA) [6] | 19 |
| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [7] | 46 |
| Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [8] | 42 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [9] | 59 |
| Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [10] | 16 |
| French Albums (SNEP) [11] | 24 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [12] | 84 |
| Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) [13] | 28 |
| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [14] | 19 |
| Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [15] | 36 |
| Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [16] | 32 |
| UK Albums (OCC) [17] | 54 |
| US Billboard 200 [18] | 15 |
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Australia (ARIA) [19] | Gold | 35,000^ |
| United Kingdom (BPI) [20] | Silver | 60,000‡ |
| United States (RIAA) [21] | Gold | 500,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
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